Career Development

The Data Incubator is an intensive 8-week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries.

By Caroline Schanche, Graduate Career Peer
Friday, January 12th, 2018 - 8:32pm


Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8-week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in ​their earlier sessions, they will be holding another fellowship.

Who Should Apply: Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome. Everyone else is encouraged to sign-up for a future session.

Locations: In addition to the below in-person locations, they will have a remote online session:

  • New York City
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Seattle
  • Boston
  • Washington, DC.

Dates: All sections will be from March 26-May 18, 2018.

Appl​y Here

Data Science in 30 minutes: Learn how to build a data-science project in ​their upcoming free Data Science in 30-minutes webcast. Signup soon as space is limited.

Learn More: You can learn about ​their fellows at The New York Times, LinkedIn, Amazon, Capital One, or Palantir. To read about ​their latest fellow alumni, check out ​their blog. To learn more about The Data Incubator, check us out on Venture Beat, The Next Web, or Harvard Business Review.